Updated : Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:22:16 GMT
Reuters - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N) on Friday said quarterly earnings tripled, as rising stock markets boosted its investment holdings and a quiet hurricane season contributed to higher insurance profit.
Publ.Date : Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:47:41 GMT
Reuters - As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer.
Publ.Date : Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:59:07 GMT
Reuters - World governments should consider urgently a levy on banks to fund future bailouts, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday, departing from London's longstanding resistance to a global tax.
Publ.Date : Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:22:16 GMT
Reuters - Toronto's main stock index ended higher for a fourth straight session on Friday as gold miners rallied around record high bullion prices, offsetting the index's fall at the outset on weak jobs data that fueled worry about economic recovery.
Publ.Date : Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:08:24 GMT
AP - Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged with lying to investors always were honest about the risks of investing in securities linked to the volatile subprime mortgage market, a defense lawyer told a jury on Friday.
Publ.Date : Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:48:50 GMT
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